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Schweizer Holocaust-Opfer

Der Ständerat setzt ein starkes Zeichen für ein Memorial für die Opfer des Nationalsozialismus

09.06.2021

Der Ständerat hat sich am heutigen 8. Juni 2021 für ein Memorial für die Opfer des Nationalsozialismus ausgesprochen. Gemeinsam mit der Christlich-Jüdischen Arbeitsgemeinschaft, dem Schweizerischen Israelitischen Gemeindebund sowie Vertretern der Wissenschaft (Universität Basel, Archiv für Zeitgeschichte der ETH Zürich) begrüsst die Auslandschweizer-Organisation diesen Entscheid ausdrücklich. Sie hat erst kürzlich, am 25. Mai, zusammen mit den erwähnten Organisationen beim Bundesrat ein Konzept für ein offizielles Schweizer Mahnmal eingereicht.

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